I've been trying to find something that could easily explain in a nut shell what the ronvoy's are all about. What I think is going on based on the meet up and some posts here is
1.) A Ronvoy is a play on two things, Ron Paul's name and a Convoy hence Ronvoy
2.) The convoy is a network of buses that we will hire to drive us to our Destination in DC. Some drivers can't drive more than 10 hours. So depending on where you start and when you start driving, it may take a few days to arrive to DC. On top of the few days in certain city's along the way we will randevu with other buses and we will all squeeze into one bus headed towards DC.
Ronvoy charter buses are being reserved in every origination city for every route. The first wave of buses may be filled quickly. In that situation, a bus will be added to that route. If the first city has so many respondents that it fills a bus, then a second bus will be added to that route, and a third, and so on. Buses can hold between 40-60 people each. If say, only ten people in Seattle want to charter, then 5 in Spokane, then ten in Butte, MT, then by the time it gets to the next city, there will be 25 people on the bus, and whoever is scheduled to catch the charter at the next city will do so.
3.) A down payment is needed if you want to get on the bus.
Because a charter bus has a set price, and we would have to pay the same amount whether someone shows up or not, we are requiring deposits to reserve a spot.
The parts that confuse me is "lodging" by lodging we mean where you will sleep. People have been mentioning KOA camp grounds, or hotels.
Questions :
Will we have an option if we take a bus to stay in a hotel or camp site? If so how will we get to the camp site or hotel? will we need to get a taxi?
Hotel lodging is required if one takes a charter bus. A great national group rate is being contracted as we speak. Up to four people in a room means per person costs will be minimal and comparable to camping rates. The charter will transport you to your lodging hotel. The driver will have a complimentary room at the same hotel and you will all (in addition to any newcomers) depart again on the charter in the morning.
Are we going to have dedicated places to sleep? Meaning, if you want to camp you have to go to XYZ camp site or if you get a hotel you have to go to ABC hotel.
Once a charter is full, that charter will be automatically reserved in a block of rooms at a specific hotel in each lodging city.
I'm in St. Louis Missouri and thinking about taking the Ronvoy with a few friends. A ronvoy is leaving Kansas City July 10th and driving through North St. Louis later that day. I'm guessing people in the St. Louis area who want to go would meet at a place where the bus can pick us up. Then we will continue on our way to Indianapolis Indiana. There we will have 'LODGING' until the next day. Then we go to Columbus Ohio, then to DC.
This is correct. Ronvoy Las Vegas will have begun this Ronvoy route two days before....having gone through Colorado and Kansas, the Ronvoy will meetup in KC then St. Louis, on its way to Indianapolis, IN for lodging. We are in the process of recruiting local level Ronvoy organizers to coordinate the liaison with the Ronvoy in every meetup city. Once this is done, specific Ronvoy meetup locations will be posted for each city on the Travel & Lodging meetup site at http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1881. 
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Originally Posted by hotbrownsauce
Just yesterday I saw a post where someone was offering to give 2 or 3 other people a ride if they were willing to split the cost of gas to DC and back. Plenty of options out there.
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